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G. C. Berkouwer's Divine Election is a discussion of election in a perspective and spirit that will be quite novel to most theologians and ministers. Berkouwer contends that election can be understood only within faith, and within a spirit of doxology, for election takes place ‘in Christ.’ Hence election must be understood and employed in terms of the gospel. He then repudiates theological usage...

against unbridled criticism Calvin sets the deciding limits for all our reflections: the revelation of God.7 This warning to observe the limits set by God is of great importance. But that does not mean that now all problems can be easily solved. That would be the case if Scripture would give us a number of truths in systematic context, so that it would be possible clearly to indicate the boundary between the truths that are mentioned in Scripture and those that it does not mention. But it is clear
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